We Welcome Mr. Trenton!

Well Trenton decided to make his appearance a bit early. I went in to the hospital to be induced on March 3rd around 4pm. I was on the verge of having Pre-Eclampsia and the Doctor didn't want it to get it out of control. So they wanted to pump some Magnesium Sulfate into my body. Mag-Sul will control blood pressure and prevent my body from going into seizures. Surprise to me and the MTMC L&D staff I was actually laboring on my own. But the contractions were only dilating me a CM every 4 hours. So Doc popped my water and they had to start pitocen to get the contractions regular and into working force. Let me tell you that stuff works! It kicked my body into full gear and made me very vocal in the L&D floor. I am sure everyone there could hear me in the halls. According to my husband, he was on his way to get me more ice chips and he heard me. oops!
I kept hollering for an epidural but my husband kept saying I was almost there. I opted to not have an epidural because of the last time I had one for my second child, I had some weird after effects such as numbness in the injection area and shooting pains down both legs. Not want I wanted this time around. I asked the nurse, while in agonizing pain if I could get any meds through the IV. Sure she said and started me on Stadol. Oh my Lord, never again will I request that. It did nothing for the pain but made me very loopy and drunk like.
So from 4pm March 3rd till 10:10am March 4th I was in labor. Trenton made his appearance at 10:11am and was healthy as could be. Discharge day the oncall pediatric doctor informed me that Trenton had high levels of bilirum in his red blood. SO we were told to get it checked the next day and it was still high We were ordered a Billy Blanket to bring his levels down. It wasn't enough so we had to order a billy bed (like the hospital uses) and I was just informed that his levels are ALMOST at a 14. His was a 14.9. SO we will be going back to the Lab at MTMC to get his levels checked one more time.

Oh I forgot to mention, Mr. T weighed in at 8 lbs 11 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches at birth. A Big baby according to the hospital staff for being around 3 weeks early! I can't imagine what he would weigh if he went full term! OUCH!

36 weeks

Sorry for not updating like I should. Went to the Docs this morning. Everything is good. I gained 1 pound in the last month. I am now my official heaviest at 200lbs. I hope not to go beyond that within the next 3 weeks or so of being pregnant. Blood Pressure was great, Trenton's heartbeat was great, even though he HATES to be poked at and wouldn't stay still very long. I am still 1 cm dilated, Oh I was that last week by the way. He is still head down but hasn't dropped. I can tell he is on his way of dropping, nice sharp scratching pains from the inside. I still do not feel huge. I mean I probably look it, just don't feel like it.
I finally decided to start taking some Pepcid AC every day. I was just working with TUMS but having to chew at least 7 a day was getting sickening. Swallowing 1 pill a day I can take, plus it works wonders!
I will try to post a belly picture since I don't even think I took one to post on here, ever. I've only took one belly picture and that was around 24 weeks I think?! I just need Matt to crawl under the desk and get the wire so I can hook the camera up to load the pictures up.

Been thinking about labor and delivery lately. I am going to try my hardest not to end up with an epidural. When I had it with Julianna I obviously couldn't get out of bed to walk off contractions and not having feeling past my waist was so nerve wracking. Plus when I came home the spot where they inserted the needle was still numb and I would get pain shooting down my legs. So I am going to look up other alternatives and see what I can take through IV for pain. I want to be able to walk around the hallways (before hard labor) and be able to be in any position to deliver the baby. I think being on my back for 5+ hours is what made my legs feel like they were being pulled apart. So whoever is on duty I will let them know not to even mention the word epidural. Because they did last time and I took the bait FAST.

Almost 31 weeks

So I have about 9 weeks left of this pregnancy. I think I will be glad once its all over. Finally getting to meet this karate kicking machine that moves all the time. Matt and I still haven't decided on a name yet. 'Trenton' is high on the list. Everytime I start to like a name he suggests, he comes up with another and decides he changed his mind on the last name. GRR! Now he is liking the name 'Victor' but all I can think of is Days of Our Lives. So that name is way out and not even going to be considered. Not that I hate Days, I just hate relating my child's name to something or someone that has no personal meaning to me.

We finished Julianna's room (painting) and the baby's room (painting). Now I need to find some fairy/butterfly themed items for Julianna's room and paint some wooden shelves white to put in her room.
The baby's room is a dark mint green color and I found a baby blanket at Goodwill a while back that I was going to turn into cloth wipes. Well I really like the pattern (maybe a John Lennon print), the blanket has the colors and the cartoon like animals on it that I want the room to be themed as.

Our office is now upstairs and I have my sewing table free from the computer. I need to pull the sewing machine out and start on a few things before the baby gets here. Like make some new cloth wipes, start on the wool soakers for diapers and finish the curtain for the baby's room. I just need to trim it on the bottom and hang the darn thing up and all should be done.

I am going to post a few entries in the kids blog either today or tomorrow. Korben is in wrestling now so I have two clips from his Saturday tournament and a few pics from Christmas.

24 weeks and counting

Yea I suck at updating this thing. Today I am 24 weeks and 4 days into pregnancy. I had my glucose test yesterday. Came back fine so no Gestational Diabetes for me. But they did check my hemoglobin which was 11.2, so I have to take iron pills to keep my iron levels up. When I go back in January I am asking the Dr. if I can have a different prescription. Paying over 30 bucks for a months worth is ridiculous if I can get it over the counter for MUCH cheaper.
Julianna got to hear baby boy's heartbeat. She was all excited. This was the first time she actually payed attention to what was going on. She is all into hearing people's heartbeats. I think it was because of a Curious George episode!?
This weekend Matt's mother is coming down to help us paint Julianna's room and the baby's room. We will be moving our office upstairs and Julianna's room will be in here (office). The baby will get Julianna's old room. There is not a whole lot to move out of Julianna's room but MAN our office if going to be not fun. One huge corner computer desk and all the stuff in the closet PLUS our bookcase.
Well it is really quiet in the living room right now. Korben and Matt are at wrestling practice so its just Julianna and I at home. I bet she passed out on the couch. lol

Kids blog Updated

I put two #3 baby pictures up. I swear he is just like his Daddy! lol

Baby #3!

So I had my 20 weeks DR. appointment on Monday. I had my ultrasound so they could measure all the parts and organs. Everything is on track. Baby is about 15 ounces. IT was soooo wiggly that the tech had a hard time getting good measurements. Very active baby that is for sure. She did pass the legs quite a few times and I could tell what this little rascal is.
We are having a little baby..........BOY! So #5 grandson for my Dad. Julianna and my niece are the only girls in the family. That is alright though. They are surely the little princesses! The name Gabriel is still pretty high on the list of names. Matt was going though Gaelic names the other day and was coming up with quite a few 'odd' names. I told him that I will go through his Spurlock family tree and see what I find on the men side. Heck I can even go on my Dad's tree and see what I find. Name hunting is fun but not when we can't decide on certain names that we like.
I go back on Dec. 2nd for my glucose test. Gotta love the bright orange Glucola that I have to drink down within 5 to 10 minutes!

Finally a new post!

I haven't had much to update recently. I am 17 weeks and a couple days along with baby #3. I feel like I am carrying low, but who knows. This pregnancy is so different from the last two its crazy. I've had some unhealthy cravings also. Which makes me feel that I am carrying a boy. With Korben all I craved was junk food, hence the 60+ pound weight gain with him. For lunch today, leftover Dairy Queen french fries and a cheese burger. Healthy huh?! But that will be my only junk food today. My stomach gets REALLY upset fast when I eat junk.
I have only gained 10 pounds so far. Which is good. Have to maintain so I don't blowup. Last weekend we had Matt's family down for this birthday. Saturday we went and ate at Famous Dave's. It was pretty good. Of course Julianna wanted to walk around and talk to people so she didn't eat much. Wanted to get out of her seat most of the time. But the neat thing was that they have Magna Doodles there for the kids so we brought it to the table with us. THAT kept her busy.
I have been running ideas through my head for Christmas gifts this year. Yes already thinking about it. If I don't shop little by little then December would be a HARD time to pay off the normal bills. We do not charge presents on credit cards so that it the only way we can do it. Those ideas should be written down now so I don't forget. Preggo brain is a pain.
We haven't talked about baby names yet. I did go through a 10,000 baby name book earlier this morning. Here is a list that I like:

Girl Names

Ainsley/Ainslee
Annelise/Analise/Annalise
Riane/Ryann
Rosalyn
Makenna
Addison

Boy Names

Asher
Avery
Gabriel
Hayden
Mason
Xavier

We already have middle names picked out. We know for sure we will be using Russell if its a boy and Lucille if its a girl. Lucille was Matt's grandmother's middle name if I am not mistaken. She passed away on October 6th and Matt suggested that he would like to use it.
I go back to the doctors November 5th. That will be my 20 weeks appointment where we find out whether this little one is a girl or a boy and FINALLY see the child on screen. I haven't had an ultrasound yet which is kind of irritating. I had at least two or three with the other two.
The baby doesn't have a room as of yet. I figured the first two months he/she will be in the bassinet in our room. We plan on moving our office upstairs, Julianna will be moved to the old office and the baby will be moved into Julianna's old room. We will sell our big corner computer desk, buy just a regular straight desk so we can put it against any wall upstairs rather than just one corner. The guestroom upstairs will be the entertainment room/office/sewing room. We will give Korben the full bed, so when we have guests come they can sleep in his room. We plan on getting a futon for the entertainment room then and get a used TV somewhere. My small 13 inch wouldn't do so well once we get it all set up. Matt's Dad has a bed frame for Julianna. Its white with red roses, I think its metal. So that will go in her room and she will finally have a twin bed rather than a toddler bed. I think that is it. I will try to update the kids blog in a few days.

Updated the kids blog. Nothing new for me to update here. lol Kids blog is linked to the right!

Update

New post on the kids Blog. Link is to the right

Home Cleaning

Ok Angel this is for you!

I figured out how to take the stink out of the Vinegar for cleaning. I ended up using 1/2 cup vinegar and about 2 cups of hot water. I squirted 1/4 Tsp. of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap
in the bucket. It totally took the stink away. I used the Tea Tree oil soap. I think they sell it at a store in downtown Murfreesboro. But I am pretty sure any health food store would have that or something similar. I haven't tried Lemon Juice instead of the soap so I am not sure how it would work. Oh and I used Baking Soda and Borax for my scrubbing agent. OMG I love my tub now. It is SOOOOOOOO shiny.

By the way the other people reading this, the above is an excellent alternative for a cleaning agent for tubs, floors, sinks and toilets. No harsh chemicals. Plus being all pregnant it makes me feel better that I am not smelling all the nasty fumes from say scrubbing bubbles or BAM! scrub for the toilet. I think it works way better than the other products plus is SOOOO cheap!

Wow! Weathermen are REALLY crazy!

Google Editors really messed up with time!



So we will have SNOW?! tomorrow when its freaking hot out. haha Ok I was hopinh for FAll soon, not winter. *snicker*

Little Thrills

Its so weird when you become an adult what actually makes you happy. Cheap Thrills as I call them. I just got done balancing our budget/checkbook. It wasn't updated since July 1st! Yikes. So I started a clean worksheet (in Excel) and went from today and punched in all the checks that haven't come through yet.
I love Friday's because its pay day. Its nice to see money that will stay in there until most of the next week. I haven't had to worry about over drafting in such a long time since I started to use Excel for our receipts.
Another thrill of mine, seeing wet laundry turn dry after hang up outside in the summer air. Since its around 100 Degrees it doesn't take too long to dry shirts. Free Dryer!
A cheap thrill for Julianna, running around with no undies/diapers on and knowing when to use the potty. Cross my fingers she hasn't had any accidents today. She has been in undies since around 9:30 this morning. Once she feels she has to go, she runs to the bathroom and shouts "PEEEEEEPEEEE!!" I run in, give her a high five and a sticker. That girl is not hard to please.

Still Here!

Well I am still here! I have been extremly busy with traveling with my parents last month. Just now it feels like I have caught up on all household things. You don't realize how much you do during the week, that when you come back you have to do 10x. Matt did clean up alot after himself. Kudos to him. But I still needed to get back in a routine of things.
This week has been somewhat busy. Saturday I took Korben to a kids clinic at Lowes. He made a wooden GMC truck, which he used watercolor paint on today. He had me write "Just Married" on the tailgate. I have no idea why. While we were at Lowes Julianna and Matt walked around looking for things he needed to start our project. He wants to run our run off pipes to the front on our house where there is a ditch. Since we JUST had our foundation fixed in May, Matt found another crack in the same corner that was fixed. BUT its under our bedrooom window and above our crawl space door. So he knew he needed to get started on that now. We have a life time warrenty on that area...I just hope the company doesn't try to sneak out of fixing it for free.
Matt and Korben worked on the other side of the house to start the 8 inch ditch. I told him today it looks like Bug Bunny came in and took a wrong turn. lol One LONG ditch out towards the front street and another small ditch that connects thats from our front downspout. No pipes in as of yet. It took two days to dig all that out.
Next will be the pipes and cover them, then the other side of the house where the foundation was fixed.
Korben starts school back up on August 13th. We go on the 9th to find out who his 3rd grade teacher will be. He is hoping for Mrs. Giles. She was his friend Marissa's teacher for 2nd and 3rd grade.
I finally got a bike last week. Matt's mom let me have her bike that she had when MAtt and his brothers were younger. Its alot of work going up hills since the baby seat is on the back for Julianna. I can't stand up and push like I usually do. So my legs are tired right now from riding Julianna earlier. Its been at least 10 years since I last rode a bike. I didn't feel too steady on it. hehe

Prayers at a time of loss

On June 27th a great person was sent to heaven. I didn't find out about it until the next day since I was in Ohio visiting my family. Jenna was 35 a wife, mom to 3 beatiful kids plus 21 weeks pregnant(William). She was diagnosed with AML (Lukemia). Last year she was diagnosed and was treated and she thought she was over her battle when the doctors said she was in good health. But found out not that long ago that it was back. She was such a fighter and never gave up. I am sure there were times where she thought she didn't have enough strength in her to go on, but her family in her thoughts pushed her to stay strong and kick some butt. I read her blog on a daily basis and wished I could go up and visit her while she was in the hospital.
I wasn't close to Jenna. I met her once, when Julianna was a few months old. She was at a playgroup at the park. I talked to her a little bit and then on the playgroup message boards. I regret not getting to know her face to face. Everytime I saw her picture she literally reminded me of my mom. I think it was the shape of her face and her willingness to stay positive that did it. I never did get to tell Jenna that. I am sure some where up there she will get introduced to my mom.
I wasn't able to attend her calling hours. I actually found out about 3 hours prior to the calling hours that she had passed. Being in Ohio at the time, I wouldn't have made it.
I will be praying hard for her three kids and her husband. He is going to need so much support and encouragement. I remember when my Dad was left with us three kids when my mom passed away when I was 13. He went into a depression state and had a really hard time. We were all older than Jenna's kids, with me being the youngest.
Please keep the Jenna's family in your prayers.

Update

Above was taken at Niagra Falls on our trip to Canada. I think this is the only picture that we have of all four of us. oops! I uploaded Day one of our trip on Shutterfly. I sent it out to some of you (mostly family). I need to upload the rest before I come back up to Ohio for a visit on Saturday.
For those that don't know the kids and I will be in Ohio from June 16th till the 29th I think We will be in VA for Aaron's wedding from the 20th till the 23rd?! If you want to meet up with us, call my Dad's. Or if you have my cell number, call me.

Lip Dubbing: Crazy from Jakob Lodwick

Seen any movies lately?

Ok since we don't have cable there is nothing to watch during the day. SOO we signed up for the MVP program at Hollywood where we can rent any MVP or older shelved movie, renting 3 at a time. I have been in a weird foreign typs of mood and recently discovered an actor name Gael García Bernal who is a famous actor from Mexico.
I watched:
The Science of Sleep
The Motorcycle Diaries (based on a true story)
Y tu mamá también

They were all pretty good. Some people may not like them because they may not be your style. Sometimes I get into a weird movie faze and want to watch every movie a certain actor/actress has been in. I have this goal to watch every movie ever made since I was born. Pretty weird Huh?! lol I guess that is why I have my degree in Media Production aka Movie Junkie.

Oh and if you haven't seen it I suggest watching Elizabethtown. It is pretty good and Orlando Bloom isn't bad to look at either.

Easter Egg Hunt Picture

This was taken on Friday at my playgroup East party. Blogger messed witht he sizing so thats why it looks a bit wierd.

Julianna's ABC's

I posted this in the kids Blog as well.

1980 YouTube

Go to YouTube and do a search for your birth year and post a video from the results.

ABBA - 1980 Super Trouper

airplane! (1980) trailer

Joan Jett - Bad Reputation Live in New York City 1980